December 2011

FACULTY GRANTS
• Alusine Jalloh (History, Africa program): research book project "Muslim Fula Business Elites and Politics in Twentieth-Century Sierra Leone"; $2000 to cover travel to and from Sierra Leone.
• Jinny Choi (Modern Languages): research project "Transnational Migration and (Re)Settlement of Asians and Middle Easterners in South America: Their Language and Ethnic Identity" Gandhi"; $2000 to cover travel to and from Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay.
• Sonja Watson (Modern Languages): research project "Forging Afro-Panamanian Identity Through Hip-Hop"; $2000 to cover travel to and from Panama and while in country.
• Ray Elliott (Modern Languages): research project to document the Chicahuaxtla Triqui language in Mexico; $2000 to cover travel to and from Mexico and housing while in country.
• Scott Pool (Music): research/performance project at the Festival of Winds in Brazil; $1802 to cover travel to and from Brazil.
• Brent Sasley (Political Science): research project on Security Policymaking in the Israeli National Security Council; $2000 to cover travel to and from Israel and transportation while in country.
• Ritu Khanduri (Anthropology): research book project "Branding Gandhi"; $2000 to cover travel to and from India and while in country.

STUDENT GRANTS
These grants will be used to support students studying or working at:
• U.S. Dept. of State internship, US Embassy to the Holy See (Spring 2012)
• Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (Spring 2012)
• International Studies Abroad Program, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Spring 2012)
• Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea (Spring 2012)
• Voronezh State University, Russia (Summer 2012)
• Voronezh State University, Russia (Summer 2012)
• SIT Intensive Arabic Language Studies, Amman, Jordan (Summer 2012)